Barts 2019: Darbyshire

Best Album

Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride

Elbow: Giants of All Sizes

Metronomy: Metronomy Forever

These were all “ok”. Would have been also rans in an era when I was buying 20-30 albums a year.

Best Song 

Fat White Family: Feet

Best Musical Re-discovery 

Around the World in a Day. Discovered I didn’t have the CD so Ebayed it. The first thing that shocked me was how unfamiliar it was. The fact that I didn't have the CD makes me think the last time I had a copy was indeed a cassette copy which probably means I haven't listened to it in 25+ years. And that it wasn't one of my favourites at the time.

I still think it's one of the weaker ones from "The Run". The singles are great, obviously, but I find myself switching off at other times. It must have been a head-wobbler for an American teen who'd bought Purple Rain and was hoping for more of the same. Though you might say the same for Parade and that is a work of genius....

Middle-Aged Man/Men Doing Excellent – If Hardly Ground-breaking – Stuff 

See my album list, first albums first released by those bands 1999-2005. See also my gigs list.

Best Film 

Stan and Ollie

Lion

Best Book 

James Ellroy: Blood’s a Rover

Best Gig/Event 

Dead heat between Suede and Tears for Fears.

Best TV Programme

Chernobyl
The Marvelous (sic) Mrs Maisel

Mindhunter

Dead Pixels

Mum

World War 2 in Colour

This Way Up

Sex Education

After Life

Handmaid’s Tale

The Irish doppleganger on Alan Partridge which was otherwise meh.

Best Radio Programme 

A sore point

Best website 

Twitter 

Best Sporting Moment 

World Cup Final Super Over

Revelation 

n/a

Worst Purchase / Disappointment 

6 music’s daytime schedule.

Best Child-Related Thing 

Burgeoning morning independence

Sort 

Rachel Brosnahan

Person, People or Thing You’d Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves 

Right wing politics

The Winning Thing You’d Most Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do

Chernobyl/Mrs Maisel